Agnes (Santifort) VanDerAa, Cora (VanDerAa) Veldkamp, Jeanne (Veldkamp) Manovich, Diane (Manovich) Grubb, Jeanne (Grubb) Hall, Natalie HallRemember the male line on the paternal side of the family and the amazing resemblance? Well, we'd now like to introduce (in pictures) the female line on our maternal side. There's definitely some physical resemblance here too, although not as striking as with the males. We can trace seven generations of this female line and we have photos of six generations, which is pretty impressive. In fact - my mother recently sent me a copy of my birth announcement from the local paper (pictured below). In it are the names of all of the women pictured above (except for Natalie) - which means 5 generations were all alive at the same time.
It's amazing to see all the generations lined up like this and feel a connection to the women before us. I can only imagine how their lives were different than ours today!
How far can you trace back a male or female line in your family? How many of these individuals do you have pictures of?
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